Example sentences of "that as [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Would he assure the people of Northern Ireland and the House that as soon as possible he will remedy that appalling error , and allow Northern Ireland to benefit from the new cohesion fund as a category 1 area ?
2 It is , therefore , essential that as soon as possible after installation , this program is run on all LIFESPAN processes for which the HARDCOPY FORMATTER has been run prior to this issue of LIFESPAN .
3 But I hope that as soon as possible we can with the various approvals and that the money will be found because I would suggest , without the speed reducing measures , this scheme will be a complete waste of money .
4 3.9 The Landlord shall procure that as soon as practicable after the Tenant 's Works have been [ substantially ] completed in accordance with clause 3.7 to the [ reasonable ] satisfaction of the Architect in all respects the Architect shall issue to the Landlord and the Tenant a certificate to that effect ( " Tenant 's Certificate " ) The words in brackets should be included as part of the clause .
5 She knew that as surely as she knew she would never get to the rave in Woodham Woods .
6 Without being told , he knew that as fast as the payments were made into five Swiss bank accounts , the money was transferred into five different accounts — the numbers of which were known only to Adam .
7 ‘ You know that as well as I do , after the Beach Bombings . ’
8 Though , of course , you know that as well as I do !
9 Denis is a professional and knows that as well as I do . ’
10 ‘ Do n't be so soft , mam , he 's not one of us , I know that as well as you do . ’
11 Kate ca n't abide wasters , you know that as well as I do .
12 You know that as well as I do .
13 And you know that as well as I do . ’
14 the real politics of it is that those labels are attached , and you know that as well as I do .
15 You know that as well as I do and those people do n't seem to be given the encouragement to move on to another profession .
16 Erm , you must know that as well as I do , so there 's , it 's six of one and half dozen of another .
17 Incidence in the rural high oil category was examined in more isolated ( >20 km from urban areas ) and less isolated sectors , and at higher and lower levels of certain factors , for which the division was made after ranking the sectors on the factor ( disregarding isolation ) at the point that as closely as possible halved the cumulative expected values at ages 0–14 .
18 Although it was small and its facilities were poor , the standard of learning attained was high , as was illustrated by McJannet in his History of Irvine when he noted that as early as 1729 , the pupils ‘ translated part of a Greek Testament into Latin ; some of the Roman authors into English … and also translated many English sentences into elegant Latin with great dexterity . ’
19 Curzon reported that as early as 1887 , with the line barely completed , 6,000 Central Asian pilgrims used the Trans-Caspian westwards on the first leg of their journey to Mecca .
20 The problem was that as late as February 1989 they had no suitable neutron detector to use .
21 The partial success of Cuba 's policy is confirmed by the fact that as late as January 1961 Washington was aware that its scope for attacking the Castro regime through the OAS was still limited , and a majority for sanctions not yet assured .
22 And now that he 'd escaped from that awful prison , come he would , she knew that as certainly as she knew daylight would follow darkness .
23 In a level voice he said , ‘ You gave me to understand that as far as you know there was no woman at the time but your mother .
24 Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing .
25 Lloyd claimed the last half hour , but when he was out at 233 for 4 he indicated that as far as he was concerned that was that .
26 The next day , I countered with a speech arguing that as far as the health service was concerned the issue had been settled and that the Government 's policy was to continue to make the service as effective as possible .
27 There is a powerful argument that as far as sexual behaviour is concerned , an area in which consent makes the difference between gross violation and shared pleasure , and in which physical proximity makes it relatively easy to ask about consent , the law should in effect impose a duty to enquire .
28 We are , therefore , anxious that he should not be thrown away in some other role and I hope that any plan he has made will be carefully examined so as to ensure that as far as possible he does not do something foolhardy .
29 This point concerns slaughter , which has been mentioned already ; however , I would just mention that as far as religious slaughter is concerned , recent research makes it absolutely clear that animals which are killed by cutting their throats can go for between 15 and 120 seconds able to detect what is going on around them .
30 So many different factors may be relevant that no generalized conclusions can be reached , and the best that librarians can do is to ensure that as far as possible conditions for use in their own libraries are adapted to meet what research has revealed as ideal conditions .
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